Strukton Rail wants to be where it’s happening
Strukton Rail is focusing heavily on Scandinavia. In the next few years the company will be recruiting several hundred new employees, and it is currently restructuring. All with the aim of meeting the future.
Major investments are set to be made in the railways in Norway, Denmark and Sweden in the next few years. Strukton Rail primarily sees great potential in the ’golden triangle’ of Stockholm – Copenhagen – Oslo.
“Eighty per cent of business in Scandinavia is done within this area,” says Sven Kristiansen, Head of PR at Strukton Rail AB.
“In the first phase we’re building up a new corporate organisation for southern Sweden, which will entail working more regionally. In terms of internal gains, this will lead to better co-ordination,” he continues.
Strukton Rail in Norway and Sweden are working closely together, and in Denmark there is a joint venture agreement between Strukton Rail and Aasleff A/S. This too is part of the company’s efforts for the future. Sven Kristiansen also looks forward to the privatisation of Banverket Production – the National Rail Administration’s production division – in Sweden.
“They will be a tough competitor, but at the same time I see this as a good way of ‘straightening the market out’.”
Strukton Rail plans to employ several hundred people over the next few years.
“We need everything from engineers to economists and project managers. This is partly because investments are currently being made in the railways, but also because the average age of our current workforce is rising. A lot is happening in the rail sector and we want to be in the running,” Kristiansen concludes.